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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA.    less -
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NLRB Moves to Voluntarily Dismiss Joint Employer Rulemaking Appeal

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In July 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) withdrew its appeal of a March 2024 federal district court decision striking down the NLRB’s 2023 joint employer rule. In that decision, the Eastern District of Texas...more

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Federal Court Vacates DOL’s Joint Employer Rule Issued in 2023

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In Chamber of Commerce of United States v. NLRB, No. 23-cv-00553, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43016 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2024), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations...more

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NLRB’s 2023 “Joint Employment” Rule OVERTURNED by Federal District Court

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a controversial rule change to its longstanding “joint employer rule” in October of 2023, which dramatically lowered the thresholds by which a company could be deemed jointly...more

White and Williams LLP

Texas Court Halts NLRB’s Proposed New Joint-Employer Rule

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On Friday, March 8, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas halted a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) joint-employer rule that would have taken effect on March 11, 2024. The new Joint-Employer Rule would have implemented...more

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NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule Vacated

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The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) gives employees the right to unionize and imposes obligations on employers to collectively bargain with unions representing their employees. Failing to recognize those rights and...more

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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down NRLB’s New Joint-Employer Rule

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On March 8, 2024, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) expanded joint-employer rule that would have made it more likely for employers to be...more

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Federal Court Vacates 2023 NLRB Joint Employment Rule And Reinstates 2020 Rule

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On March 8, 2024, a Texas federal court struck down the National Labor Relations Board's new 2023 joint employer rule, which was set to go into effect on March 11, 2024. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et...more

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Federal court rules that new NLRB joint employer regulations are unlawful

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On March 8, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the National Labor Relations Board’s new joint employer regulations, which were to take effect yesterday, are invalid as inconsistent with the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

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Texas District Court Invalidates NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule

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On March 8, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the recently issued final rule for establishing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). As we...more

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BREAKING:  Texas District Court Strikes Down NLRA Joint Employer Rule

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On March 8, just three days before the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “Board”) new joint-employer standard was set to take effect, Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas...more

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Court delays effective date of NLRB “joint employer” regs

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In an order issued yesterday, Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, issued a two-week stay (through March 11) of the National Labor Relations Board’s new joint employer...more

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U.S. Chamber Strikes Back At NLRB Joint-Employer Rule

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On November 9, 2023, the United States Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) and a coalition of business groups filed suit in the Eastern District Court of Texas against the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), alleging the...more

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Your settlement's no good here.

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Bad news, but at least employers know where they stand. Does your settlement or separation agreement contain non-disparagement or strict confidentiality provisions? If so, it may not be worth the paper it's printed on....more

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Unions Win Next Round In Seattle Gig Worker Organizing Battle

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Chalk this round up to the unions. In a pair of decisions issued last week, a Seattle federal judge ruled that Seattle’s January 2016 Ordinance that seeks to allow for-hire drivers to form unions and collectively bargain with...more

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NLRB Election Rule Under Fire

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On January 5, 2015, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Retail Federation, and the Society for Human Resource Management...more

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U.S. Chamber and Business Groups File Suit to Block New NLRB Election Rule

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This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several business trade groups announced that they jointly filed a complaint in federal court against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking to strike the Board’s new...more

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“No Mas!” NLRB Finally Surrenders In Poster Rule Debacle

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In what we hope is the beginning of a trend, the NLRB announced that it will not appeal its infamous poster case to the U.S. Supreme Court. As you may remember, the NLRB passed a rule that required covered employers to post a...more

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